1. idiomatic - Noun
2. idiomatic - Adjective
Alt. of Idiomatical
Source: Webster's dictionaryidiomatic English Source: Internet
Besides these common 4th and 3rd tonal specifications dào 道 "way" and dǎo 道 (or 導) "guide", 道 has a rare 1st level tone dāo pronunciation in the regional idiomatic expression shénshendāodāo 神神道道 "odd; bizarre". Source: Internet
Complaints of the non-existence of flying cars have become nearly idiomatic as expressions of disappointment in the failure of the present to measure up to the glory of past predictions. Source: Internet
Bezanson (1953), p. 648–649, italics Bezanson's A third level of rhetoric is the idiomatic, and just as the poetic it hardly is present in pure form. Source: Internet
Derivations Many idiomatic expressions, in their original use, were not figurative but had literal meaning. Source: Internet
Arriving at the idiomatic reading from the literal reading is unlikely for most speakers. Source: Internet